I need more protein. Any ideas??

Original Post by moonstaz77:

You don't need more protein! Why does everything think that? The average north American diet has too much. Do some research into the subject and you will find that if you eat too much protein you actually start to lose calcium. That means your bones weaken and you are at risk of osteoporosis later in life! That's painful and not very attractive.

Eat a balanced diet. If your trying a low carb diet, note that you will lose weight quickly but its water not fat. Also, your body needs carbs to perform physical activity... or feel good doing it.

Maybe you don't need more protein but it is good to check. You should have 1g for every kg you weigh. Use the site's converter to see how many kg you are. ex: I way 135 lb (61 kg) and should consume around 61g of protein a day.

Just b/c the avg n. american diet has too much protein doesn't make you the avg. N. American. ;)

Soy is a great source because it's the only plant protein equivalent to an animal protein, and it doesn't stress the kidneys.

I love tuna, the one from Bumblebee Prime Fillet Solid White Albacore in Water is delicious and it has 16 g prot/ 1/4 cup =70 calories. But not everyday because of mercury.

For snack I love Light swiss wedges from Laughing cow (2.5g prot/wedge=35 calories) rolled with oven roasted turkey breast (4.8g protein/1oz= 28 calories). Delicious, you can roll a romaine leaf for crunchyness. Very satisfying snack for me. 

Nuts are good but have too many calories. 170 calories/ 1/4 cup unshelled  pistachios with about 8 g protein. I'd rather go with turkey breast. Too bad, I love pistachios.

These are all great, i need protein ideas too as i always have a hard time getting enough

I love Turkey pepperoni.  Both grimms and Lilydale uave only 50 calories for one pepperoni stick and they are very filling

Original Post by hawkeyegal:

Soy is a great source because it's the only plant protein equivalent to an animal protein, and it doesn't stress the kidneys.

 No protein stresses the kidneys provided that your kidneys are not already compromised.

Soy isn't special in that sense.  Once protein is ingested, an amino acid is an amino acid.